f19599 cc9690	Middlesex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 11th, 12th, 13th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 23 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Northamptonshire 4
Umpires	P Corrall, HL Parkin
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 374/7 (Bennett 4*, Sims 1*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 375/8 (Tribe 42*, Clarke 23*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Brown	85
SM Brown	hit wkt b Tribe	19
WJ Edrich	c Fiddling b Nutter	94
DCS Compton	b Clarke	107
AW Thompson	c Broderick b Brown	35
W Knightley-Smith	b Brown	7
D Bennett	not out	4
+JT Murray	b Brown	0
JM Sims	not out	1
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 126 overs)	374
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-140, 3-284, 4-351, 5-358, 6-369, 7-372

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	31	5	88	1	-	-
Clarke	19	3	68	1	-	-
Brown	35	7	92	4	-	-
Tribe	38	7	90	1	-	-
Starkie	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	b Moss	20
V Broderick	b Bennett	2
DG Greasley	c Robertson b Compton	62
F Jakeman	b Compton	37
DW Barrick	b Young	76
*FR Brown	c Sims b Compton	73
GE Tribe	not out	42
AE Nutter	c Murray b Sims	4
S Starkie	b Moss	8
RW Clarke	not out	23
+K Fiddling	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	28
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	375
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-44, 3-127, 4-152, 5-271, 6-295, 7-302, 8-328

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	22	3	61	2	-	-
Bennett	11	2	40	1	-	-
Edrich	14	1	30	0	-	-
Sims	27	4	75	1	-	-
Compton	32	3	98	3	-	-
Young	18	5	43	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Starkie b Clarke	1
SM Brown	c Nutter b Brown	25
WJ Edrich	c Starkie b Brown	47
DCS Compton	c Brookes b Clarke	17
AW Thompson	c Broderick b Nutter	21
W Knightley-Smith	b Nutter	2
D Bennett	c Fiddling b Nutter	1
+JT Murray	not out	6
JM Sims	c Nutter b Brown	10
JA Young	hit wkt b Nutter	5
AE Moss	b Nutter	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-50, 3-73, 4-113, 5-113, 6-116, 7-117, 8-128, 9-137, 10-137 (56.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	23.4	6	47	5	-	-
Clarke	9	1	36	2	-	-
Brown	23	7	46	3	-	-
Tribe	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Murray b Bennett	0
V Broderick	c Robertson b Young	13
DG Greasley	b Moss	13
F Jakeman	lbw b Young	12
DW Barrick	lbw b Young	4
*FR Brown	lbw b Moss	0
GE Tribe	c and b Compton	34
AE Nutter	c Bennett b Moss	6
S Starkie	lbw b Compton	7
RW Clarke	c Compton b Young	8
+K Fiddling	not out	8
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-21, 3-27, 4-38, 5-39, 6-45, 7-62, 8-78, 9-99, 10-113 (52.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	21	5	37	3	-	-
Bennett	2	0	10	1	-	-
Compton	5.5	0	21	2	-	-
Young	24	10	37	4	-	-

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Notes
--> DG Greasley (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> DW Barrick (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> AE Moss reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> DCS Compton reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> RW Clarke reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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